Bill-folder.



M. A. NATHANSON.

BILL FOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 19l6.

1L 29 87n Patented Dec. 26,1916.

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Specification of Iletters Patent.

Patented Dec. as, rare.

Application filed may 4:, 1916. Serial No. 95,461.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ll, MATTHEW A. NATHAN- soN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Bill-Folders, ofwhich thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like characters on the drawings representing likeparts. I

This invention relates to a combination pocket book or bill folder andcard case, such as is now commonly used for holding bills and cards andusually carried in a foldried in the vest ,or other pocket withoutinconvenience and without abnormally bulging out the garment, andwherebythe life of the book is materially prolonged as will be-.described. To this end, the .folder' or book is provided with an innerand a back or cover layer or member. which are of unequal length, andare sewed or otherwise at tached together so as to obtain a fullness inthe back layer or member at the front edge of the book, which fullnessallows the book to be folded when containing a substantially largenumber of bills and have the folded parts lie substantially fiat andparallel, and which also avoids wrinkling anddamage to thebook.

The particular features of the invention will be pointed out in theclaims at the end of this specification. r

Figure 1 is an, edge view of a combined folder and card case embodyingthis invention. Fig. 2, a developed view of substantially one-half ofthe foldershown in Fig. 1, looking at the back of the same; Fig. 3, alike view looking at the front or inner side of substantially one halfof the folder. Fig. 4, an edge view to illustrate the surplus materialin the back member, and the substantially wide mouth or opening for theinsertion of the bills, and Fig. 5, an edge view of the folder partiallyfolded.

Referring to the drawing, a represents the front or inner member, and. Zthe back or cover member of a bill folder embodying this invention.

The front or inner member a is made substantially oblong in shape in itsdeveloped or flattened condition, andv is provided with the usualpockets or receptacles 10, 12, 13', for cards, postage stamps and thelike.

The back or cover member 6 is made of greater length than the member aat its front edge and also preferably at its rear edge, and is alsopreferably oblong in shape and stitched or otherwise secured at one endpreferably at both ends to the opposite ends ofthe front member a, andit has its rear edge sewed or otherwise secured for a portion of itslength to the. rear edge of the front member a. a

The front edge of the back or cover mem- 'the back member affords asubstantialry Wide mouth or opening 15 for the insertion of the billsrepresented by the lines 16 in Fig. 4.

The front member a may be considered .as composed of a center section 17and two .side sections 18, 19, and the back member 6 is Preferablysecured at its rear edge to only the center section '17 as by thestitches 60, Fig. 2, so as to leave its side sections 20, 21, unattachedfrom both the rear and front edgesof the member a, which provides theside sections 20, 21 of the back member with asurplus of material, whichsurplus is taken up .by the bills 16 in the folded condition of the bookor folder shown in 1, and enables the said book or folder, even when itholds a substantially large number of bills, to be folded so that theside sections 20, 21, overlap and assume a substantially flat conditionwith the overlapping sections substantially parallel with the centersection. As a result, the folded book containing a substantially largenumber of bills, cards, etc., may be carried in the vest or other pocketwithout bulging out the garment, which bulging is highly objectionable.Furthermore the surplus material in the back or cover member 6, enablesthe curved portions 25 of the back member to be separated from the,curved portions 26 of the inner or front member substantially the samedistance as the side sections of the back member are separated from theside sections of the front or inner member a, when the book or folder isfolded into its closed position represented in Fig. 1. So also thesurplus material in the back or cover member avoids strain, wrinkling orpuckering of the inner member a when the book is folded,

as the sections of the inner member when folded can assume a parallelcondition Without being shortened and thereby puckered by the covermember when folded, thereby avoiding breaking or cracking of the innermember or of the cards or other contents contained in the pockets orreceptacles of the inner member.

It will readily be seen that if the inner and cover members should bemade of the same length, the inner member must be wrinkled or puckered,when the cover member is folded, because in this case the inner membermay be said to have a surplus of material with relation to the covermember when the latter is in its folded condition, and this puckering orwrinkling damages the book or folder, and the damage is increased if thepockets contain cards or the like, which latter are also cracked ordamaged.

It is preferred to make the back member of greater length than the frontmember at both its front and rear edges, but it is not desired to limitthe invention in this respect, as it is sufiicient if the front edge ofthe back or cover1member is made longer than the front edge of the inneror front member, and in practice the member 7) is made aboutthree-quarters of an inch longer than the front member.

Claims: V

1. A combined card case and bill folder, comprising an inner memberprovided with pockets for the receptionof cards and the neeaeae like andcapable of being folded to form a center section and overlapping sidesections, and a cover or back member of greater length than said innermember and having its opposite ends secured to the opposite and a backor cover member of greater length than said inner member and having itsends attached to the ends of the inner member and its rear edge attachedto the center section of the inner member and unattached from the rearedge of the side sections of the inner member.

3. A folder comprising an inner member provided with a center sectionand side sections capable of being overlapped, and a back or covermember of greater length than said inner member and having its endsattached to the ends of the inner member and having a portion of itsrear edge secured to the rear edge of the inner member and havinganother portion of its rear edge unsecured to the'rear edge of saidinner member.

In testimony whereof, I have signed name to this specification.

MATTHEW A. NATHANSON.

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